HartBeat's 'Riding the Turnpike' Explores Sex Industry In Connecticut by Frank Rizzo

Resilient Company Celebrates 12th Anniversary With A New Focus, Home And A Provocative PremiereLast June, Hartford's HartBeat Ensemble faced a devastating loss. Gregory R. Tate, one of the t…

Cheshire's Peter Lockyer Stars In "Les Miserables" at New Haven's Shubert by Frank Rizzo

Cheshire's  Peter Lockyer  stars as Jean Valjean in the touring production of " Les Miserables"  pokaying this weekend at the  Shubert Theater  in New Haven.

Cast Named For "The Fabulous Lipitones" Musical Workshop by Frank Rizzo

At Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre In ChestertDanny Rutigliano  (Broadway's "The Lion King," the national tour of "How to Succeed in Business...") will be featured in the cast of the new m…

David Auburn, Samuel D. Hunter Part of National Playwrights Conference by Frank Rizzo

8 Plays Named To Be Developed At O'Neill Theater CenterTwo leading playwrights will be among the 8 eight whose new works will be developed at the National Playwrights Conference in July at…

Kevin Spacey Gives Wild Salute To Christopher Plummer At O'Neill Theater Center Gala by Frank Rizzo

Kevin Spacey Presents Monte Cristo Award Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey gave a wild, rollicking and heartfelt tribute to Christopher Plummer at Monday night's gala for Waterford's Eug…

Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced" Wins Pulitzer Prize by Frank Rizzo

Review of Hartford Stage's "Abundance:" Go West, Young Woman! (But Pack a Lunch) by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Abundance" by Beth Henley at Hartford Stage

Cheshire's Jonny Orsini Makes Broadway Debut In 'The Nance' by Frank Rizzo

Stars As Lover To Nathan Lane's Character Jonny Orsini sits in his sparse dressing room on the second floor of the Lyceum Theatre prior to a matinee of Douglas Carter Beane's new play, "The …

TheaterWorks' 'Spaghetti' Gets Another Helping At George Street Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

"Spaghetti" is having a second helping.

Dick Meyers' Puppetry Project Set for UConn by Frank Rizzo

Family Shows Unseen For 30 Years"Cinderella" and" Beauty and the Beast" will make up "The Dick Meyers Project," featuring UConn puppet Arts graduate student Seth Shaffer at the Studi…

Tina Fabrique Switches from Ella To Motormouth by Frank Rizzo

Co-Stars in CRT's "Hairspray" at UConnTina Fabrique, best known for her starring role in “Ella” on three Connecticut stages, will join Kevin Meaney i n the cast of the Connect…

David Linday-Abaire, Theresa Rebeck At Playwrights Panel At Mark Twain House by Frank Rizzo

Also "In the Continuum"'s Nikkole SalterA playwrights panel featuring Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay Abaire (“Rabbit Hole”) and Pulitzer finalist Theresa Rebeck will be …

Performance Artist John Kelly Joins Cast For "In A Year With 13 Moons" At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Premiere Adaptation Based On Fassbinder Film

Jen Silverman's "Still" Selected For Yale Play Award by Frank Rizzo

Marsha Norma Choose PlayJen Silverman is the winner of the 2013 Yale Drama Series for her play   "Still," chosen by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman.

Cast Set For Westport Playhouse's "Dining Room" by Frank Rizzo

Old Gurney Hand, Mark Lamo,s DirectsHeidi Armbruster (Broadway’s “Time Stands Still”), Chris Henry Coffey (Playhouse’s “Lips Together, Teeth Apart"), Keira …

LeRoy McClain Joins Alice Ripley In Long Wharf's "Clybourne Park" by Frank Rizzo

Dan Jenkins Cast, TooLeRoy McClain (Broadway’s “Cymbeline," "The History Boys") will join Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley (Broadway's "Next to Normal")  in the cast of Bruce …

New Musical "LMNOP" Gets Workshop At Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre by Frank Rizzo

Completes Three-Musical Series at Second StageThe musical fantasy, “LMNOP” will have a workshop production at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre July 25 to Aug. 18

Kevin Spacey To Present Christopher Plummer With Monte Cristo Award by Frank Rizzo

At NYC Gala For Eugene O'Neill Theater CenterOscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey will present the Monte Cristo Award to Oscar and Tony Award winning actor Christopher Plummer at the annua…

Going To 'The Mountaintop:' Two Soul-Stirring Performances; One Fateful Night by Frank Rizzo

The show: Katori Hall's "The Mountaintop" at Hartford's TheaterWorks

50 Years Of Drama, Dance And Dedication At Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

East Haddam's American Theater, And Its Director Michael Price, Have Evolved With The TimesWould the story of the Goodspeed Opera House make a good musical?

'Ride The Tiger:' Where Sex, Politics And The Mob Collide by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Ride the Tiger" by William Mastrosimone at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre

Bated Breath Brings Artful Show To New Britain Museum by Frank Rizzo

Site Specific Theater About Toulouse-LautrecTheater and visual art join forces in a site-specific work at the New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St. on Thursday,  April 11 a…

Lansbury Is Moved, Sondheim Revealing in Feinstein's "American Songbook" by Frank Rizzo

I saw an advance screening of the opening show of the third season of "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" which airs Friday on CPTV -- and it's a must-see for any Broadway aficionado.

Hartford's TheaterWorks Eyes List Of Shows For New Season by Frank Rizzo

Hartford's TheaterWorks , under artistic producing director Rob Ruggiero, announced a list of shows it is considering for the 2013-14 season. Other shows not on the list may also wind up …

Playwright Beth Henley To Speak At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Following Performance Of 'Abundance'Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley and senior dramaturg Elizabeth Williamson will discuss Henley's play, "Abundance"  immediately followi…

Three New Musicals To Get Development At The O'Neill This Summer by Frank Rizzo

'Broadcast,' 'Goddess,' 'The Noteworthy Life Of Howard Barnes'Three new musicals will receive staged readings this summer as part of the 2013 National Music Theater Conference at the Euge…

Aaron Neville, "War Horse" Creators, Kronos Quartet Highlight New Haven Festival by Frank Rizzo

Also: Rosanne Cash, Spike Lee, New Chamber Opera, Artists From India, Italy, Peru, EthiopiaThe latest show from the British director and South African puppeteers of Broadway’s award-wi…

Haunting Set Of 'Mountaintop' Takes On Life Of Its Own by Frank Rizzo

TheaterWorks' Re-Creates MLK's Lorraine Motel RoomAudiences at Hartford's TheaterWorks production of "The Mountaintop" will be transported in time and place, not just by the power of the scr…

A Tale Of The Kennedys, Sinatra And The Mafia At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

'Ride The Tiger' Runs Through April 21When William Mastrosimone was working on the script for the 1992 mini-series "Sinatra," the singer told him a startling tale that involved Joseph Kenned…

McCourts' 'A Couple of Blaguards' To Bow At Long Wharf's Stage II by Frank Rizzo

New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre is going to open for business this summer with several shows that it will present (as opposed to the ones it produces itself).

New Logo For Hartford Stage: What's Behind The Curtain by Frank Rizzo

I was surprised in attending the announcement of Hartford Stage ’s 50th anniversary season to learn that the old place has a new logo.